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Improve material balance in high-purity distillation control
Using dual-composition conserved energy efficiency, reduced reprocessing and allowed higher throughput
Investigation: Failure of a steam generator
In case history, engineers search for root cause of water-side tube failures for a 23-year-old boiler
HP Integration Strategies: Aging HPI workforce drives need for operator training systems
As a leading research and consulting organization focused on the process industries, manufacturing, infrastructure and other industrial sectors, ARC Advisory Group has been closely following the emerg..
Mississippi ranked as world's top spot for oil and gas investment
Mississippi is ranked as the top place in the world for oil and gas investment, according to the opinions of international petroleum executives and managers in the annual Global Petroleum Survey, released today by the Fraser Institute.
Update your reliability performance to meet process safety expectations
Better risk assessment can identify root causes for potential site catastrophes before they occur
Ex-Im Bank gives initial approval for $2.8 billion in financing for Colombian refinery
The Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the US today voted to grant preliminary approval for a $2.84 billion direct loan/loan guarantee to Colombia’s Refinería de Cartagena S.A. (Reficar).
Marubeni buys $270 million shale stake from Marathon
Marathon Oil has signed an agreement with Marubeni Denver Julesburg, a subsidiary of Marubeni Corp., under which Marathon will assign a portion of its interest in the Niobrara shale play within the DJ Basin of southeast Wyoming and northern Colorado.
Optimize cracked-gas compressors with smart-automation technology
Machine health monitors can provide critical information to avoid unit and plant-wide shutdowns
Accurate feedstock selection and planning are critical to profitability
Linear programming plays a vital role for ethylene producer
Better control-loop management lowers energy costs
This petrochemical producer found improved output and became more energy efficient through new software
- Shell officially scraps plans for 820,000-tpy biofuels facility in Rotterdam 9/3
- Mexico's Olmeca refinery restarting units after power outage 9/3
- Europe distillates-diesel profit margins rise 5.7% on refinery maintenance 9/3
- ECI Group's technology selected for world's first commercial-scale, fossil-free LDPE facility 9/2
- ASRock Industrial launches AiUAC to power software-defined, open industrial automation 9/2
- Construction to begin on multi-billion-dollar polyethylene plant in Kazakhstan 9/2
